fan(atic)s

ok, so i chanced to meet up with the centre ulysses scholar at the swim meet, and this may have been the highlight of the hot and steamy and drawnout event.....i was most proud to mention that i am at about 8:00 pm on bloomsday...when gertie is seen by leopold bloom on the beach....and not stuck on chapter 1 (8 am)....i also chanced to meet up with another harry potter fan, who admitted that her 14 year old son has requested that they read book 7 aloud, just like they read aloud the previous installments...i disclosed my personal predictions: that neville will be the chosen one who kills voldemort/harry has been a major red herring....that aunt petunia will save harry's life at some point at the beginning.....and that dumbledore is not really dead.....oh yeah, and snape will be redeemed in some fashion....truly, all that was missing from this evening were an austen fan and a colette fan.......austen fans are out there in droves....even salon.com had a piece today on the austen sequel (romance/selfhelp) industry....but colette fans are fewer and farther between....making the likelihood that i'll meet up with one less likely in these parts....